Garo Hills frog

species of amphibian

The Garo Hills frog, Boulenger's Garo Hill frog, swift cascade frog, mawphlang frog or Daniel's frog ("Hylarana" garoensis) is a small frog from India. Scientists think it may also live in Nepal.[2][3]

Garo Hills frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species:
H. garoensis
Binomial name
Hylarana garoensis
(Boulenger, 1920)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rana garoensis (Boulenger, 1920)
  • Rana (Hylorana) garoensis (Boulenger, 1920)
  • Rana danieli (Pillai and Chanda, 1977)
  • Rana (Hylarana) danieli (Dubois, 1981)
  • Rana (Hylarana) garoensis (Dubois, 1987)
  • Rana (Sylvirana) garoensis (Dubois, 1992)
  • Rana (Sylvirana) danieli (Dubois, 1992)
  • Hylarana garoensis (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005)
  • Hylarana danieli (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005)
  • Sylvirana garoensis (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006)
  • Sylvirana danieli (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006)
  • Hylarana garoensis (Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007)
  • "Hylarana" garoensis (Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015)

This frog is 32 mm long from nose to rear end. It is gray-brown on the black and almost white on its belly. It has a long head and pointed nose. Its front legs are longer than the front legs of most frogs this size. It has webbing on its hind feet but not its front feet. It has discs for climbing on its front feet.[3]

References

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  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Garo Hills Frog: Hylarana garoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T58601A166104712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T58601A166104712.en. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hylarana garoensis (Boulenger, 1920)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rupi Mudan (July 20, 2012). "Hylarana garoensis". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 21, 2020.